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THINKING ABOUT GLOBAL GOVERNANCE One of the more prolific and influential analysts of multilateral approaches to global problem-solving over the last three decades is Thomas G. Weiss. Thinking about Global Governance: Why People and Ideas Matterassembles key scholarly and policy writing. This collection organizes his most recent work addressing the core issues of the United Nations, global governance, and humanitarian action. The essays are placed in historical and intellectual context in a substantial new introduction, which contains a healthy dose of the idealism and ethical orientation that invariably characterize his best work. This volume gives the reader a comprehensive understanding of these key topics for a globalizing world and is an invaluable resource for students and scholars alike. Thomas G. Weiss is Presidential Professor of Political Science at The City University of New York’s Graduate Center and Director of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies. He was President of the International Studies Association (2009–10) and Chair of the Academic Council on the UN System (2006–9). He was editor of Global Governance, Research Director of the Inter national Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty, Research Professor at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International Studies, Executive Director of the Academic Council on the UN System and of the International Peace Academy, a member of the UN secretariat, and a consultant to several public and private agencies. He has authored or edited some 40 books and 160 articles and book chapters about multilateral approaches to international peace and security, humani tarian action, and sustainable development. His latest authored and co- authored volumes are What’s Wrong with the United Nations and How to Fix It(Polity, 2009); UN Ideas That Changed the World (Indiana University Press, 2009); Global Governance and the UN: An Unfinished Journey (Indiana University Press, 2010); and Humanitarianism Contested: Where Angels Fear to Tread (Routledge, 2011). THINKING ABOUT GLOBAL GOVERNANCE Why people and ideas matter Thomas G. Weiss First published 2011 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2011 Thomas G. Weiss The right of Thomas G. Weiss to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patent Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Weiss, Thomas George. Thinking about global governance: why people and ideas matter/ Thomas G. Weiss. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. United Nations—Reform. 2. United Nations. Security Council. 3. International organization. 4. Humanitarian intervention. I. Title. JZ4984.5.W455 2011 341.23—dc22 2011004291 ISBN: 978–0–415–78192–3 (hbk) ISBN: 978–0–415–78193–0 (pbk) ISBN: 978–0–203–80705–7 (ebk) Typeset in Bembo and Stone Sans by Florence Production Ltd, Stoodleigh, Devon, UK CONTENTS Abbreviations vii Acknowledgments ix Foreword by Kofi Annan xii Preface xiii Introduction 1 Thomas G. Weiss, 2010 PART I The United Nations, Plus ça change 23 1 Reinvigorating the international civil service 25 Thomas G. Weiss, 2010 2 How UN ideas change the world 43 Thomas G. Weiss, 2010 3 What happened to the idea of world government? 66 Thomas G. Weiss, 2009 4 Moving beyond North-South theater 87 Thomas G. Weiss, 2009 5 World politics: continuity and change since 1945 101 Thomas G. Weiss and Sam Daws, 2007 6 An unchanged Security Council: the sky ain’t falling 120 Thomas G. Weiss, 2005 vi Contents PART II Non-state actors and global governance 125 7 The “third” United Nations 127 Thomas G. Weiss, Tatiana Carayannis, and Richard Jolly, 2009 8 Framing global governance, five gaps 145 Ramesh Thakur and Thomas G. Weiss, 2009 9 Governance, good governance, and global governance: conceptual and actual challenges 168 Thomas G. Weiss, 2000 10 Pluralizing global governance: analytical approaches and dimensions 190 Leon Gordenker and Thomas G. Weiss, 1995 PART III Humanitarian action in a turbulent world 223 11 Political innovations and the responsibility to protect 225 Thomas G. Weiss, 2010 12 The fog of humanitarianism: collective action problems and learning-challenged organizations 246 Thomas G. Weiss and Peter J. Hoffman, 2007 13 The humanitarian impulse 264 Thomas G. Weiss, 2004 14 The sunset of humanitarian intervention? The responsibility to protect in a unipolar era 280 Thomas G. Weiss, 2004 15 The politics of humanitarian ideas: few sovereign clothes 297 Thomas G. Weiss, 2000 16 Principles, politics, and humanitarian action 309 Thomas G. Weiss, 1999 17 A research note about military-civilian humanitarianism: more questions than answers 329 Thomas G. Weiss, 1997 Index 353 ABBREVIATIONS ACUNS Academic Council on the United Nations System CHR Commission on Human Rights CONGO Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Status with ECOSOC DHA Department of Humanitarian Affairs DPA Department of Political Affairs DPKO Department of Peacekeeping Operations DRC Democratic Republic of the Congo ECOSOC Economic and Social Council ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States EU European Union FAO Food and Agriculture Organization G-7/G-8 Group of Seven/Group of Eight G-20 Group of 20 G-77 Group of 77 HLP High-level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change IASC Inter-Agency Standing Committee ICISS International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross IDP internally displaced person ILO International Labour Organization IMF International Monetary Fund ISA International Studies Association ITU International Telecommunications Union MDG Millennium Development Goal MSC Military Staff Committee NAM Non-Aligned Movement viii Abbreviations NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization NGO nongovernmental organization NIEO New International Economic Order OAU Organization of African Unity OCHA Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ODA official development assistance OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OHCHR Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights OPEC Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries OSCE Organization on Security and Co-operation in Europe P-5 permanent five members of the Security Council UK United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNEP United Nations Environment Programme UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund UNIFEM United Nations Development Fund for Women UNU United Nations University US United States of America WFP World Food Programme WHO World Health Organization WMD weapon of mass destruction WTO World Trade Organization ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The author and publishers would like to thank the following for granting permission to reproduce material in this work: 1 Reinvigorating the international civil service Thomas G. Weiss, 2010 From Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations16, no. 1 (2010): 39–57. Copyright © 2010 by Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., reproduced with permission by the publisher. 2 How UN ideas change the world Thomas G. Weiss, 2010 Review of International Studies 36, no. 1, Special Issue (2010): 3–23; also in Nicholas Rengger, ed., Ethical Evaluations and Global Orders (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010). Reproduced with permission by the puslisher. 3 What happened to the idea of world government? Thomas G. Weiss, 2009 International Studies Quarterly 53, no. 2 (2009): 253–71. ©Wiley Blackwell, repro duced with permission by the publisher. 4 Moving beyond North-South theater Thomas G. Weiss, 2009 Third World Quarterly30, no. 2 (2009): 271–84. © Taylor & Francis Ltd, www. informaworld.com, reproduced with permission by the publisher. 5 W orld politics: continuity and change since 1945 Thomas G. Weiss and Sam Daws, 2007 In The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations, ed. Thomas G. Weiss and Sam Daws (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007), 3–18 only (19–38 unneces - sary). Author’s own material, reproduced with permission by the publisher. x Acknowledgments 6 An unchanged Security Council: the sky ain’t falling Thomas G. Weiss, 2005 The final, definitive version of this paper has been published in Security Dialogue36, no. 3 (2005): 367–9. By SAGE Publications Ltd. SAGE Publica - tions, Inc., All rights reserved. © 7 The “third” United Nations Thomas G. Weiss, Tatiana Carayannis and Richard Jolly, 2009 Global Governance: AReview of Multilateralism and International Organizat ions 15, no. 1 (2009): 123–42. Copyright © 2009 by Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc. Reproduced with permission by the publisher. 8 Framing global governance, five gaps Ramesh Thakur and Thomas G. Weiss, 2009 In Giuliana Ziccardi Capaldo, ed., The Global Community: Yearbook of Inter- national Law and Jurisprudence 2008, vol. I (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009), 77–98. Author’s own material, reproduced with permission by the publisher. 9 Governance, good governance, and global governance: conceptual and actual challenges Thomas G. Weiss, 2000 Third World Quarterly 21, no. 5 (2000): 795–814. © Taylor & Francis Ltd, www.informaworld.com, reproduced with permission by the publisher. 10 Pluralising global governance: analytical approaches and dimensions Leon Gordenker and Thomas G. Weiss, 1995 Third World Quarterly16, no. 3 (1995): 357–87. © Taylor & Francis Ltd, www. informaworld.com, reproduced with permission by the publisher. 11 Political innovations and the responsibility to protect Thomas G Weiss, 2010 Copyright 2010 by Georgetown University Press. Thomas G. Weiss, “Reinserting ‘Never’ into ‘Never Again’: Political Innovations and the Responsibility to Protect,” in Driven from Home: Protecting the Rights of Forced Migrants, ed. David Hollenbach (Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2010), 207–27. Reproduced with permission by the publisher. 12 The fog of humanitarianism: collective action problems and learning- challenged organizations Thomas G. Weiss and Peter J. Hoffman, 2007 Journal of Intervention and State-Building 1, no. 1 (2007): 47–65. © Taylor & Francis Ltd, reproduced with permission by the publisher. 13 The humanitarian impulse Thomas G. Weiss, 2004 In The UN Security Council: From the Cold War to the 21st Century, ed. David M. Malone (New York: International Peace Academy, 2004), 37–54. Copyright
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